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Waiting to Exhale
Terry McMillan
(UK: Berkley Publishing, @BerkleyPub, 2011; USA: Pocket Books (now Gallery Books), @Pocket_Books, 2001)

When the men in their lives prove less than reliable, Savannah, Bernadine, Gloria, and Robin find new strength through a rare and enlightening friendship as they struggle to regain stability and identities they don’t have to share with anyone. Because for the first time in a long time, their dreams are finally off hold …

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